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Recent Posts
- SSFS Sept. 28, 2025: Tour of 3 Dog Cidery Orchard, followed by a tasting at 3 Dog Cidery
- SSFS Sept., 27, 2025, 11 am – 1 pm: Tour of Jerry Stokesberry’s farm orchard.
- SSFS May 6, 2025: Sean Wood: Microbiology and Plant Health
- SSFS Feb 2025: Michael Dolan, founder of Burnt Ridge Nursery, spoke about interesting fruit for the PNW
- SSFS Sept 3, 2024. Marisha Auerbach discussed preserving your fruit harvest, including fermentation, canning, and acidulation
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Dec. 7, 2021, 6pm, meeting (Note earlier time of 6 pm): Magnificent Mycelium!
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Feb 2021 South Sound Fruit Society Meeting – Growing Raspberries
Our next Zoom meeting is February 2nd, at 7 pm and is about “Growing Raspberries in PNW Home Gardens.” Washington State is a leader in red raspberry production. Backyard gardeners can also enjoy raspberry growing in Washington State. This presentation … Continue reading
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January 5th SSFS Meeting – Gardening for Climate Change
January 5th at 7 pm, Daron Williams, the Community Conservation Manager at Capitol Land Trust. Daron will be speaking about How to Prepare your Gardens and Orchards for Climate Change Climate chaos is upon us. Droughts are becoming more common. And … Continue reading
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South Sound Fruit Society – October 2020 Meeting
Tuesday, October 6th at 7pm we will be having a general meeting and discussion of this year’s harvest, the good, the bad and the ugly are all welcome, except for the discussion of politics. Let it be a vacation from … Continue reading
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Events Canceled until Further Notice
GRuB has decided, which makes a lot of sense as Thurston County has it’s first reported case of Corona Virus, to cancel all indoor events at GRuB. So this Sunday’s tool sharpening event is cancelled and Tuesday meetings are cancelled … Continue reading
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Bud Grafting
Collecting Bud Wood
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Covering Fruit Trees : City Fruit Experiment
B. Burrill City Fruit – WCFS Grant Report January 2019
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List of Scion and Rootstock for SSFS Grafting Workshop 3/2/19
Preliminary List of Scions for the SSFS Grafting Workshop 3/2/2019 Apples Alkemene, Ashmead’s Kernel, Balowany Russet, Black Twig, Blenheim Orange, Braeburn, Bramley’s Seedling, Breakwell Seedling, Calville Blanc d’Hiver, Chehalis, Cox’s Orange Pippin, “East German”, Egremont Russet, Empire, Enterprise, Fall Limbertwig, … Continue reading
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SSFS March 2019 Meeting: Fertilization for Nutrient Dense Fruit
Steve Smith will share his results, recommendation and enthusiasm on how to grow flavorful and nutrient-dense fruit based on his many years of growing at his farm and 140 tree mixed orchard. The meeting is on March 5th from 7 … Continue reading
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SSFS Workshop: Fruit Tree Pruning at Harmony Farm Preserve
Hello everyone, Due to the weather forecast for this weekend, we have decided to cancel the Fruit Tree Pruning Workshop that was scheduled for this Saturday, February 9th. We plan to reschedule and will let you know when the new … Continue reading
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